Wednesday, 2 September 2015

Arkaik Excruciation - Among the Vortex of Chaos

Some time ago I was brutally hit
and massacred by some killer death grinding tunes recorded by Bodybag, great
new Spanish band that I recommend to all fans of the old school stuff like
Terrorizer or Autopsy. Later I was contacted by M.S., who plays guitar in
Bodybag and he sent over to me a CD of another band he plays in, called Arkaik
Excruciation. This band released their debut demo “Among the Vortex of Chaos”
in 2014; it was released on tape first, but the CD was later ejaculated by Tertius
Oculus Perceptio in 2015. So, it’s definitely really cool to have a chance to
hear this stuff and discover another name from the bottomless abyss of extreme
metal underground.

Mentioning Bodybag and their
influences will be very misleading for you though, as basically there’s almost
nothing common between them and Arkaik Excruciation. Don’t be also suggested by
the death / thrash tag, which they have on Metal Archives. As far as I can
hear, “Among the Vortex of Chaos” is chaotic, raw, utterly vulgar and
disgusting death / black metal outburst. This music is far from being nice and
polite. “Among the Vortex of Chaos” is just aggressive and obscure, the riffs
and production are noisy, the vocals are rough and sick… I guess clearly there
are some influences from such masters of depravity as Blasphemy and Black
Witchery. It’s evil sounding, it’s sick, primitive and chaotic, it’s bestial
and harsh as fuck. It’s also mainly fast, but I like how they play those slower
bits like in the title song for example, which surely is the best one from the
whole demo. Also “Razors” is just excellent, with some bone crushing riffs and great
atmosphere. But I’m very pleased with the whole “Among the Vortex of Chaos”,
even if I like Bodybag music more, Arkaik Excruciation is also damn cool and
surely the maniacs of the raw sounding morbid death / black metal will enjoy
it.

And let me tell you in the end
that I’ve listened to couple of tracks from the upcoming release titled “Cursed
Blood of Doom” and they’re even better! It shall be out through Duplicate
Records on vinyl, so keep your eyes open!